Understanding the Meaning Behind Teacher Man
Truly, in an age of never-ending advancements, one thing appears consistently true: No matter the quality of one’s life, they will always have the ability to impact someone else’s life in some way. This main message is applicable to the book Teacher Man in a unique way. While he may have encountered numerous failures and challenges through his life, he has influenced a great many lives while doing so. No matter if these actions were good or bad, McCourt goes throughout his life touching a great many people’s lives. Thus, the theme of this book is that no matter how unsuccessful you may be, you can always make other’s lives better.
At the start of McCourt’s teaching career, he comes across a …show more content…
Still, the theme continues on throughout, occurring within Chapter 14. Speaking of a poem related activity, he says “I recite the poem and encourage them to waste no time digging for a deeper meaning.” (page 216) By this, the reader can understand that before the student’s truly digest the information, they don’t understand, and, as a teacher, that is functionally the main purpose of the job. He truly wants them to understand the material. Consequently, the students do end up learning thanks to this. Not only is this influential for future learning, but it could potentially be a very impactful time for them, especially in an educational system that appears quite disorganized. “There was not a point in the activity, no deeper meaning,” (page 218) he says, once again revealing the shortcomings he has, even after all of his life absorbing knowledge. Since what McCourt talks about is a poem, it may be assumed that indeed, there is nothing to learn here. Despite this, the students seem to be able to digest and understand the activity. Even while this is happening, McCourt is trying to encourage them, pushing them forward gently, but
Truly, in an age of never-ending advancements, one thing appears consistently true: No matter the quality of one’s life, they will always have the ability to impact someone else’s life in some way. This main message is applicable to the book Teacher Man in a unique way. While he may have encountered numerous failures and challenges through his life, he has influenced a great many lives while doing so. No matter if these actions were good or bad, McCourt goes throughout his life touching a great many people’s lives. Thus, the theme of this book is that no matter how unsuccessful you may be, you can always make other’s lives better.
At the start of McCourt’s teaching career, he comes across a …show more content…
Still, the theme continues on throughout, occurring within Chapter 14. Speaking of a poem related activity, he says “I recite the poem and encourage them to waste no time digging for a deeper meaning.” (page 216) By this, the reader can understand that before the student’s truly digest the information, they don’t understand, and, as a teacher, that is functionally the main purpose of the job. He truly wants them to understand the material. Consequently, the students do end up learning thanks to this. Not only is this influential for future learning, but it could potentially be a very impactful time for them, especially in an educational system that appears quite disorganized. “There was not a point in the activity, no deeper meaning,” (page 218) he says, once again revealing the shortcomings he has, even after all of his life absorbing knowledge. Since what McCourt talks about is a poem, it may be assumed that indeed, there is nothing to learn here. Despite this, the students seem to be able to digest and understand the activity. Even while this is happening, McCourt is trying to encourage them, pushing them forward gently, but